(from Inside Higher Ed) A lawsuit filed last week reveals the costly lengths to which some families are going to boost their children's chances of admission to competitive schools — and the growing controversy over perceived advantages given to the "international aristocracy" in some cases. The plaintiff is Ivy Coach, a private college consultant that charged a Vietnamese mother $1.5 million to help her daughter apply to 22 competitive U.S. colleges, along with seven boarding schools in advance. The lawsuit charges the woman has paid only half that amount, despite her daughter gaining early admission to an unnamed Ivy League institution, and that its time spent helping her led to lost opportunities engaging in equally lucrative work with other clients.
A trade association for admissions consultants, the Independent Educational Consultants Association, kicked Ivy Coach out a few years ago "upon hearing of some of its practices," including such high fees. The group recently published a report showing parents typically pay between $850 and $10,000 in comprehensive fees for guidance throughout the admissions process.
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